diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d3708396..b8ead504 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 	* src/rcfile.c (parse_binding): Fix the rebinding of toggles.
 	* doc/man/{nano.1,rnano.1,nanorc.5}, doc/texinfo/nano.texi: Update
 	years and version numbers in the docs in anticipation of a release.
+	* src/nano.c (version): Drop compile time from version information
+	to enable a reproducible build.  Proposed by Jérémy Bobbio and Jordi
+	Mallach (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774388).
 
 2015-03-07  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
 	* doc/man/nanorc.5, doc/texinfo/nano.texi: Add a note about the
diff --git a/src/nano.c b/src/nano.c
index b5c8cba7..e1a38b5c 100644
--- a/src/nano.c
+++ b/src/nano.c
@@ -960,8 +960,7 @@ void usage(void)
  * it was compiled with. */
 void version(void)
 {
-    printf(_(" GNU nano version %s (compiled %s, %s)\n"), VERSION,
-	__TIME__, __DATE__);
+    printf(_(" GNU nano, version %s\n"), VERSION);
     printf(" (C) 1999..2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.\n");
     printf(
 	_(" Email: nano@nano-editor.org	Web: http://www.nano-editor.org/"));